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DENDERA.
DENDERA. Modern name for the Egyptian city of Iunet, later known
as Tentyris in Greek, capital of the sixth nome of Upper Egypt. The
site is known from the Early Dynastic Period, and there are tombs
from the First Intermediate Period, when the regional rulers were
semi-independent. Its main feature is the magnificent Graeco-Roman
temple dedicated to the goddess Hathor, from which came the famous
Dendera zodiac now in the Louvre Museum. The site was excavated
by Flinders Petrie from 1897–1898 and the University of
Pennsylvania from 1915–1918. The temple inscriptions are being
published by a French expedition. See
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